Dover man charged with sexually assaulting girl

NEWMARKET — Lt. Kyle True said police want to know if there are more victims of a Dover man who was arrested last week on multiple sexual assault charges.

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By Jeff McMenemy

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By Jeff McMenemy

Posted Jan. 31, 2014 at 2:00 AM

By Jeff McMenemy
Posted Jan. 31, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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NEWMARKET — Lt. Kyle True said police want to know if there are more victims of a Dover man who was arrested last week on multiple sexual assault charges.

Police arrested David E. Schneider, 52, of 39 Basils Place, Dover, and charged him with five counts of felonious sexual assault. Schneider is being held at the Rockingham County jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 corporate surety, after being arraigned at the 10th Circuit Court in Brentwood.

An affidavit filed by police states that Schneider "admitted to having sexual intercourse" with the 15-year-old victim "three to four times" in Newmarket. He also admitted to having sex with the 15-year-old girl "in other jurisdictions to include the state of New York," according to the affidavit filed by Newmarket police detective Rick Beaudet.

Police received the initial report about the alleged sexual assaults on Jan. 14, according to the affidavit, and the victim's mother provided police "with a cellphone and a laptop owned by her and frequently used by the victim," according to the affidavit.

Police, with the help of a computer forensic examiner, downloaded the cellphone's content and found "a large amount of text messages and photographs that were sexual in nature," the affidavit states.

The victim also told police she knew Schneider only by the name of "David." Police were able to identify Schneider in part through credit card receipts from a hotel room he rented in New York state, according to Beaudet's affidavit.

The victim on Jan. 21 told investigators during an interview at the Child Advocacy Center that she had sex with Schneider on five different occasions in Newmarket between June 2013 and Dec. 31, 2013, according to the affidavit.

The affidavit does not indicate how the pair met, and True declined to comment.

If Schneider is able to make bail, Judge Mark Weaver ordered him to have no contact with the victim in the case and not to have any unsupervised "contact with any minors in person or on the Internet."

True credited the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for its help on the case against Schneider, particularly when it came to examining the cell phone and computer. True said the ICAC investigators use "state-of-the art" technology to examine hard drives and cell phones without having to send them to the state laboratory.

"Their support was a tremendous help," True said. "We were able to obtain information and evidence on the spot without delay."

Any other victims or anyone with additional information about the case are asked to call Beaudet or Newmarket detective Scott Kukesh at 659-6636.